English

Welcome to the English Department.  Please click on the links to find more about each Key Stage and other aspects of our Department

KS3 Homework topics for 2010

Year 7: A variety of research, reading and writing homework tasks for class reader.

            Travel writing research, planning and drafting.

Year 8: A variety of research, reading and writing homework tasks linked with a modern play/drama.

            Planning, drafting and writing of short stories possiblily with a twist in the tale.

Year 9: A variety research, reading and writing homeworks linked with a Shakespeare play.

            A variety of research, reading and writing homework tasks for war poetry.

KS4 Homework Topics for 2010

Year 10 - Spring Term

A  variety of reading, writing and research tasks leading to a piece of English coursework for English and/or English Literature.

A media studies coursework task that include study research and practical application regarding either; websites, newspapers, advertising, radio or other media. 

A piece of original writing that can be linked to either the Shakespeare English coursework or the media.

Summer Term

Study, reading and research leading to a piece of English coursework about poetry from other cultures.

For those studying English literature, reading and study leading to a piece of pre-1914 prose coursework.

Preparation and planning for the practical production task for media studies that will be completed in groups in both Year 10 and 11.

Year 11 - Spring and Summer Term

English: preparation and skills preparation for the fiction and non-fiction papers to be sat in June.

English Literature: revision and preparation for the literature exam including modern drama, novel and unseen poetry.

Media Studies: preparation and study for the pre-released controlled test that will be about ‘The Popular Press' for the 2010 exam.

 

Key Stage 5 Homework topics for 2010

English Language - Year 12

Students study the following:

• Language and Power
• Language and Gender
• Language and Technology

English Language - Year 13

Students study the following:

• Language Change
• Child Language Acquisition

English Literature - Year 12

Examination texts for 2010:

• Oleanna by David Mamet
• Selected Poems by Carol Anne Duff (core text)
• Selected Poems by Sheenagh Pugh (partner text)

English Literature - Year 13

Examination texts for 2010:

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (LNa's group)
• King Lear by William Shakespeare (EWa's group)
• Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake (JKn's group)
• Selected Poems by John Donne (JSl's group)

Feb 2010